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In this essay I will be working on getting my reader to question guns, and how they pertain to their life. Also, the governments approach to the issues surrounding gun control. Envision a world where gang’s rule America’s streets, a world where the only guns are in the hands of criminals. A world where cops are hunted like deer, and the average citizen dares not to walk the streets. This could become reality, and no, not from the Apocalypse (1), but from something as simple as anti-gun laws being passed. This is a world that will soon exist if we (the people) do nothing to stop it. Gun control is not the simple solution for a safe society. The way to achieve safety is not to control guns, but the people with guns. Stop the movement by being smart about laws and realizing the effects they have on peoples freedoms and behaviors. The government is fighting guns at the wrong level. The government is addressing the problems toward the easily understood solution by trying to control the devices used in crimes and killing. Rather than focusing on the root of the problem, instead, ask, “Why do people want and use guns?” Their current policies are a band-aid approach to an epidemic; they fail to address the deeper issues